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.\"	@(#)pom.6	8.1 (Berkeley) 5/31/93
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.Dd January 9, 1999
.Dt POM 6
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm pom
.Nd display the phase of the moon
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op [[[[[cc]yy]mm]dd]HH]
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
utility displays the current phase of the moon.
Useful for selecting software completion target dates and predicting
managerial behavior.
.Pp
.Bl -tag -width [[[[[cc]yy]mm]dd]HH]
.It Ar [[[[[cc]yy]mm]dd]HH]
Display the phase of the moon for a given time.
The format is similar to the canonical representation used by
.Xr date 1 .
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr date 1
.Sh AUTHOR
.Nm
was written by
.An Keith E. Brandt .
.Sh BUGS
Times must be within range of the
.Ux
epoch.
.Pp
This program does not allow for the difference between the TDT and
UTC timescales (about one minute at the time of writing).
.Sh ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This program is based on algorithms from
.%B Practical Astronomy with Your Calculator, Third Edition
by Peter Duffett-Smith
.Aq pjds@mrao.cam.ac.uk .
